Artlog

Harmony Korine, Caput, 2011, featuring James Franco and Eddie Peel, scored by Ho Ho Click and IO Echo, 6 minutes, digital video with sound. Courtesy the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

Aaron Young, Grapevine, 2011 1 minute or 10 seconds, Phantom video, Courtesy of the Artist & Bortolami Gallery, Photo courtesy of the artist

Aaron Young, Life’s a Drag, 2011 6 minutes, Digital video, Courtesy of the Artist

Paul McCarthy, Rebel Without a Cause Drawings, 2011, Marker on paper 14 x 17 inches each, Courtesy of Paul McCarthy and Hauser & Wirth, Drawings photographed by Landon Wiggs

;Ed Ruscha, REBEL, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 20 in. x 24 in. Courtesy of the artist

James Franco, Age 13, 2011, 30 minutes, Super-8 film transferred to digital with sound, Courtesy of the Artist

Terry Richardson, James Franco in Drag #5, 2011 40 X 26 inches C-Print, Courtesy of the Artist and OHWOW Gallery

Paul McCarthy & Damon McCarthy, Rebel Dabble Babble, The Box, LA, 2012, Courtesy of the artists and The Box, LA, Photo by: Fredrik Nilsen

James Franco, The Blind Run, 2011 30 minutes, Projection with sound Courtesy of the Artist, Photo by Doug Chamberlain

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James Franco vs. James Dean

Famous actor and shameless dilettante James Franco has made short work of his art career since his first solo show only two years ago at Clocktower Gallery. His latest project at LA MOCA is based on Nicholas Ray’s classic 1955 film Rebel Without A Cause. An entire warehouse recreates the bungalow section of Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont, where James Dean purportedly jumped through a window to meet Natalie Wood for his audition with Ray. Franco invited his dream cast of rebel artists to develop images and themes from the film: Ed Ruscha, Terry Richardson (who contributed his photos of Franco in drag), Paul McCarthy, Damon McCarthy, Aaron Young, Harmony Korine, and Douglas Gordon. Contributions from Paul McCarthy and his son Damon are also on view at The Box Gallery in Downtown LA.

Rebel is up at 941 N Highland Ave through June 23, and Rebel Dabble Babble is at The Box Gallery through July 7.

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